A595 crash in Cumberland on 18 April 2014 at 12:12 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 12:12 on Friday 18 April 2014. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 45-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2014
- Friday, 12:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.42504, longitude -3.45269, in the CA20 postcode district. The location was in the former Copeland district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014030000909
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 595
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2000.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 5 January 2000
10 m awayRef 2000030000277
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 23 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198103A201200
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 22 October 1999
10 m awayRef 1999030003091
Serious
Lorry crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 14 October 1988
14 m awayRef 198803A207110
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 26 August 2005
22 m awayRef 2005030002764
Serious
Volkswagen UP crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 3 August 2016
26 m awayRef 2016030095267
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2014030000909 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 2014.